Sport as they go, while oft the mother chides
The lingering step, lured by the way-side flowers: At length the hill, from which a farewell look, And still another parting look, he cast On his paternal vale, appears in view: The summit gain'd, throbs hard his heart with joy And sorrow blent, to see that vale once more; Instant his eager eye darts to the roof Where first he saw the light; his youngest born He lifts, and, pointing to the much-loved spot, Says There thy fathers lived, and there they sleep."
Onward he wends; near and more near he draws: How sweet the tinkle of the palm-bower'd brook! The sunbeam slanting through the cedar grove How lovely, and how mild! But lovelier still The welcome in the eye of ancient friends, Scarce known at first! and dear the fig-tree shade "Neath which on Sabbath eve his father told* Of Israel from the house of bondage freed, Led through the desert to the promised land;- With eager arms the aged stem he clasps, And with his tears the furrow'd bark bedews: And still, at midnight hour, he thinks he hears The blissful sound that brake the bondman's chains, The glorious peal of freedom and of joy!
Did ever law of man a power like this Display power marvellous as merciful, Which, though in other ordinances still Most plainly seen, is yet but little mark'd For what it truly is, a miracle! Stupendous, ever new, perform'd at once In every region,-yea, on every sea Which Europe's navies plough ;-yes, in all lands From pole to pole, or civilized to rude, People there are, to whom the Sabbath morn Dawns, shedding dews into their drooping hearts: Yes, far beyond the high-heaved western wave, Amid Columbia's wildernesses vast,
The words which God in thunder from the mount Of Simai spake, are heard, and are obey'd. Thy children, Scotia, in the desert land, Driven from their homes by fell monopoly, Keep holy to the Lord the seventh day. Assembled under loftiest canopy
Of trees primeval, soon to be laid low They sing, By Babel's streams we sat and wept. What strong mysterious links enchain the heart To regions where the morn of life is spent! In foreign lands, though happier be the clime, Though round our board smile all the friends we love,
The face of nature wears a stranger's look. Yea, though the valley which we loved be swept Of its inhabitants, none left behind,
Not e'en the poor blind man who sought his bread From door to door, still, still there is a want; Yes, even he, round whom a night that knows
"And these words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand." Deut. vi. 6, 7. 21.
No dawn is ever spread, whose native vale Presented to his closed eyes a blank, Deplores its distance now. There well he knew Each object, though unseen; there could he wend His way, guideless, through wilds and mazy woods; Each aged tree, spared when the forest fell, Was his familiar friend, from the smooth birch, With rind of silken touch, to the rough elm: The three gray stones that mark'd where heroes lay Mourn'd by the harp, mourn'd by the melting voice Of Cona, oft his resting-place had been ; Oft had they told him that his home was near: The tinkle of the rill, the murmuring So gentle of the brook, the torrent's rush, The cataract's din, the ocean's distant roar, The echo's answer to his foot or voice,— All spoke a language which he understood, All warn'd him of his way. But most he feels, Upon the hallow'd morn, the saddening change: No more he hears the gladsome village bell Ring the bless'd summons to the house of God: And for the voice of psalms, loud, solemn, grand, That cheer'd his darkling path, as with slow step And feeble, he toil'd up the spire-topt hill,- A few faint notes ascend among the trees.
What though the cluster'd vine there hardly
The traveller's hand; though birds of dazzling plume Perch on the loaded boughs ;-" Give me thy woods, (Exclaims the banish'd man,) thy barren woods, Poor Scotland! Sweeter there the reddening haw, The sloe, or rowan's* bitter bunch, than here The purple grape; dearer the redbreast's note, That mourns the fading year in Scotia's vales, Than Philomel's, where spring is ever new; More dear to me the redbreast's sober suit, So like a wither'd leaflet, than the glare Of gaudy wings, that make the iris dim." Nor is regret exclusive to the old :
The boy, whose birth was midway o'er the main, A ship his cradle, by the billows rock'd,— "The nursling of the storm,"-although he claims No native land, yet does he wistful hear Of some far distant country still call'd home, Where lambs of whitest fleece sport on the hills; Where gold-speck'd fishes wanton in the streams: Where little birds, when snow-flakes dim the air, Light on the floor, and peck the table crumbs, And with their singing cheer the winter day.
But what the loss of country to the woes Of banishment and solitude combined! O! my heart bleeds to think there now may live One hapless man, the remnant of a wreck, Cast on some desert island of that main Immense, which stretches from the Cochin shore To Acapulco. Motionless he sits,
As is the rock his seat, gazing whole days, With wandering eye, o'er all the watery waste; Now striving to believe the albatross A sail appearing on the horizon's verge; Now vowing ne'er to cherish other hope Than hope of death. Thus pass his weary hours, Till welcome evening warn him that 'tis time Upon the shell-notch'd calendar to mark
Another day, another dreary day,- Changeless-for, in these regions of the sun, The wholesome law that dooms mankind to toil, Bestowing grateful interchange of rest And labour, is annull'd; for there the trees, Adorn'd at once with bud, and flower, and fruit, Drop, as the breezes blow, a shower of bread And blossoms on the ground. But yet by him, The hermit of the deep, not unobserved The Sabbath passes. 'Tis his great delight. Each seventh eve he marks the farewell ray, And loves, and sighs to think,-that setting sun Is now impurpling Scotland's mountain tops, Or, higher risen, slants athwart her vales, Tinting with yellow light the quivering th.oat Of day-spring lark, while woodland birds below Chant in the dewy shade. Thus all night long He watches, while the rising moon describes The progress of the day in happier lands. And now he almost fancies that he hears The chiming from his native village church; And now he sings, and fondly hopes the strain May be the same that sweet ascends at home In congregation full,-where, not without a tear They are remember'd who in ships behold The wonders of the deep: he sees the hand, The widow'd hand, that veils the eye suffused; He sees his orphan'd boy look up, and strive The widow'd heart to soothe. His spirit leans On God. Nor does he leave his weekly vigil Though tempests ride o'er welkin-lashing waves On winds of cloudless wing ;† though lightnings
So vivid, that the stars are hid and seen In awful alternation: Calm he views The far exploding firmament, and dares To hope-one bolt in mercy is reserved For his release: and yet he is resign'd To live; because full well he is assured, Thy hand does lead him, thy right hand upholds.‡ And thy right hand does lead him. Lo! at last, One sacred eve, he hears, faint from the deep, Music remote, swelling at intervals, As if th' imbodied spirit of such sounds Came slowly floating on the shoreward wave: The cadence well he knows,-a hymn of old, Where sweetly is rehearsed the lowly state Of Jesus, when his birth was first announced, In midnight music, by an angel choir,
To Bethlehem's shepherds,§ as they watch'd their flocks.
Breathless, the man forlorn listens, and thinks It is a dream. Fuller the voices swell. He looks, and starts to see, moving along, A fiery wave," (so seems it,) crescent form'd, Approaching to the land: straightway he sees A towering whiteness; 'tis the heaven-fill'd sails That waft the mission'd men, who have renounced Their homes, their country, nay, almost the world, Bearing glad tidings to the farthest isles Of ocean, that the dead shall rise again. Forward the gleam-girt castle coastwise glides; It seems as it would pass away. To cry The wretched man in vain attempts, in vain, Powerless his voice as in a fearful dream: Not so his hand: he strikes the flint,-a blaze Mounts from the ready heap of wither'd leaves: The music ceases, accents harsh succeed, Harsh, but most grateful: downward drop the sails;
Ingulf'd the anchor sinks; the boat is launch'd; But cautious lies aloof till morning dawn:
O then the transport of the man unused To other human voice besides his own,- His native tongue to hear! he breathes at home, Though earth's diameter is interposed.
Of perils of the sea he has no dread, Full well assured the mission'd bark is safe, Held in the hollow of th' Almighty's hand. (And signal thy deliverances have been Of these thy messengers of peace and joy.) From storms that loudly threaten to unfix Islands rock-rooted in the ocean's bed, Thou dost deliver them,-and from the calm, More dreadful than the storm, when motionless Upon the purple deep the vessel lies
For days, for nights, illumed by phosphor lamps; When sea-birds seem in nests of flame to float When backward starts the boldest mariner To see, while o'er the side he leans, his face As if deep tinged with blood.-
Let worldly men The cause and combatants contemptuous scorn, And call fanatics them who hazard health And life in testifying of the truth, Who joy and glory in the cross of Christ! What were the Galilean fishermen But messengers, commission'd to announce The resurrection, and the life to come! They too, though clothed with power of mighty works
Miraculous, were oft received with scorn; Oft did their words fall powerless, though enforced "They that go down to the sea in ships, that do busi-By deeds that mark'd Omnipotence their friend: ness in great waters; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep." Psal. cvii.
In the tropical regions, the sky during storms is often
"If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me." Psal. cxxxix.
§ "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And lo! the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not, for, behold! I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you, Ye shall find
But, when their efforts fail'd, unweariedly They onward went, rejoicing in their course.
the babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." Luke ii. 8-14.
"In some seas, as particularly about the coast of Malabar, as a ship floats along, it seems during the night to be surrounded with fire, and to leave a long track of light behind it. Whenever the sea is gently agitated, it seems converted into little stars: every drop as it breaks emits light, like bodies electrified in the dark.”—Darwin.
Like helianthus, borne on downy wings
To distant realms, they frequent fell on soils Barren and thankless; yet oft-times they saw Their labours crown'd with fruit a hundred fold, Saw the new converts testify their faith By works of love, the slave set free, the sick Attended, prisoners visited, the poor Received as brothers at the rich man's board. Alas! how different now the deeds of men Nursed in the faith of Christ!-The free made slaves! Torn from their country, borne across the deep, Enchain'd, endungeon'd, forced by stripes to live, Doom'd to behold their wives, their little ones, Tremble beneath the white man's fiend-like frown! Yet e'en to scenes like these the Sabbath brings Alleviation of th' enormous wo:- The oft reiterated stroke is still;
The clotted scourge hangs hardening in the shrouds. But see, the demon man, whose trade is blood, With dauntless front convene his ruffian crew To hear the sacred service read. Accursed, The wretch's bile-tinged lips profane the word Of God: Accursed, he ventures to pronounce The decalogue, nor falters at that law Wherein 'tis written, Thou shalt do no murder: Perhaps, while yet the words are on his lips, He hears a dying mother's parting groan; He hears her orphan'd child, with lisping plaint, Attempt to rouse her from the sleep of death. O England! England! wash thy purpled hands Of this foul sin, and never dip them more In guilt so damnable! then lift them up In supplication to that God, whose name Is Mercy; then thou mayest, without the risk Of drawing vengeance from the surcharged clouds, Implore protection to thy menaced shores ; Then God will blast the tyrant's arm that grasps The thunderbolt of ruin o'er thy head: Then will he turn the wolvish race to prey Upon each other; then will he arrest The lava torrent, causing it regorge Back to its source with fiery desolation.
Of all the murderous trades by mortals plied, "Tis war alone that never violates The hallow'd day by simulate respect,― By hypocritic rest: No, no, the work proceeds. From sacred pinnacles are hung the flags,† That give the sign to slip the leash from slaughter. The bells, whose knoll a holy calmness pour'd Into the good man's breast,-whose sound solaced The sick, the poor, the old-perversion dire Pealing with sulphurous tongues, speak death- fraught words:
From morn to eve destruction revels frenzied, Till at the hour when peaceful vesper-chimes Were wont to soothe the ear, the trumpet sounds Pursuit and flight altern; and for the song Of larks, descending to their grass-bower'd homes, The croak of flesh-gorged ravens, as they slake Their thirst in hoof-prints fill'd with gore, disturbs The stupor of the dying man; while death
Sunflower. "The seeds of many plants of this kind are furnished with a plume, by which admirable mechanism they are disseminated far from their parent stem." -Daricin.
Triumphantly sails down th' ensanguined stream, On corses throned, and crown'd with shiver'd boughs, That erst hung imaged in the crystal tide.*
And what the harvest of these bloody fields? A double weight of fetters to the slave, And chains on arms that wielded freedom's sword. Spirit of Tell' and art thou doom'd to see Thy mountains, that confess'd no other chains Than what the wintry elements had forged,- Thy vales, where freedom, and her stern compeer, Proud, virtuous poverty, their noble state Maintain'd, amid surrounding threats of wealth, Of superstition, and tyrannic sway- Spirit of Tell! and art thou doom'd to see That land subdued by slavery's basest slaves; By men, whose lips pronounce the sacred name Of liberty, then kiss the despot's foot? Helvetia! hadst thou to thyself been true, Thy dying sons had triumph'd as they fell: But 'twas a glorious effort, though in vain. Aloft thy genius, 'mid the sweeping clouds, The flag of freedom spread; bright in the storm The streaming meteor waved, and far it gleam'd: But, ah! 'twas transient, as the Iris' arch, Glanced from leviathan's ascending shower, When 'mid the mountain waves heaving his head. Already had the friendly-seeming foe Possess'd the snow piled ramparts of the land: Down like an avalanche they roll'd, they crush'd The temple, palace, cottage, every work Of art and nature, in one common ruin. The dreadful crash is o'er, and peace ensues,→ The peace of desolation, gloomy, still: Each day is hush'd as Sabbath; but, alas! No Sabbath service glads the seventh day! No more the happy villagers are seen Winding adown the rock-hewn paths, that wont To lead their footsteps to the house of prayer; But, far apart, assembled in the depth Of solitudes, perhaps a little group Of aged men, and orphan boys, and maids, Bereft, list to the breathings of the holy man, Who spurns an oath of fealty to the power Of rulers chosen by a tyrant's nod.
No more, as dies the rustling of the breeze, Is heard the distant vesper hymn; no more At gloamin hour, the plaintive strain, that links His country to the Switzer's heart, delights The loosening team; or if some shepherd boy Attempt the strain, his voice soon faltering stops; He feels his country now a foreign land.
O Scotland! canst thou for a moment brook The mere imagination, that a fate
Like this should e'er be thine! that o'er these hills And dear-bought vales, whence Wallace, Douglas, Bruce,
Repell'd proud Edward's multitudinous hordes, A Gallic foe, that abject race, should rule! No, no! let never hostile standard touch Thy shore: rush, rush into the dashing brine, And crest each wave with steel; and should the stamp
After a heavy cannonade, the shivered branches of trees, and the corpses of the killed, are seen floating
+ Church steeples are frequently used as signal posts. together down the rivers.
Of slavery's footstep violate the strand, Let not the tardy tide efface the mark; Sweep off the stigma with a sea of blood! Thrice happy he, who, far in Scottish glen Retired, (yet ready at his country's call,) Has left the restless emmet-hill of man: He never longs to read the saddening tale Of endless wars; and seldom does he hear The tale of wo; and ere it reaches him, Rumour, so loud when new, has died away Into a whisper, on the memory borne Of casual traveller:-as on the deep, Far from the sight of land, when all around Is waveless calm, the sudden tremulous swell, That gently heaves the ship, tells, as it rolls, Of earthquakes dread, and cities overthrown.
O Scotland! much I love thy tranquil dales: But most on Sabbath eve, when low the sun Slants through the upland copse, 'tis my delight, Wandering, and stopping oft, to hear the song Of kindred praise arise from humble roofs; Or, when the simple service ends, to hear The lifted latch, and mark the gray-hair'd man, The father and the priest, walk forth alone Into his garden-plat, or little field,
To commune with his God in secret prayer,- To bless the Lord, that in his downward years His children are about him: Sweet, meantime, The thrush, that sings upon the aged thorn, Brings to his view the days of youthful years, When that same aged thorn was but a bush. Nor is the contrast between youth and age To him a painful thought; he joys to think His journey near a close,-heaven is his home. More happy far that man, though bowed down, Though feeble be his gait, and dim his eye, Than they, the favourites of youth and health, Of riches, and of fame, who have renounced The glorious promise of the life to come, Clinging to death.-
Or mark that female face, The faded picture of its former self,- The garments coarse, but clean ;-frequent at church I've noted such a one, feeble and pale, Yet standing, with a look of mild content, Till beckon'd by some kindly hand to sit. She had seen better days; there was a time Her hands could earn her bread, and freely give To those who were in want; but now old age, And lingering disease, have made her helpless. Yet she is happy, ay, and she is wise, (Philosophers may sneer, and pedants frown,) Although her Bible is her only book; And she is rich, although her only wealth Is recollection of a well-spent life-
Is expectation of the life to come. Examine here, explore the narrow path
In which she walks; look not for virtuous deeds In history's arena, where the prize Of fame, or power, prompts to heroic acts. Peruse the lives themselves of men obscure:- There charity, that robs itself to give; There fortitude in sickness, nursed by want; There courage, that expects no tongue to praise; There virtue lurks, like purest gold deep hid, With no alloy of selfish motive mix'd.
The poor man's boon, that stints him of his bread, Is prized more highly in the sight of Him Who sees the heart, than golden gifts from hands That scarce can know their countless treasures less:*
Yea, the deep sigh that heaves the poor man's breast To see distress, and feel his willing arm Palsied by penury, ascends to heaven; While ponderous bequests of lands and goods Ne'er rise above their earthly origin.
And should all bounty that is clothed with
Be deem'd unworthy ?-Far be such a thought! E'en when the rich bestow, there are sure tests Of genuine charity;-Yes, yes, let wealth Give other alms than silver or than gold,- Time, trouble, toil, attendance, watchfulness, Exposure to disease;-yes, let the rich Be often seen beneath the sick man's roof; Or cheering, with inquiries from the heart, And hopes of health, the melancholy range Of couches in the public wards of wo: There let them often bless the sick man's bed, With kind assurances that all is well
At home, that plenty smiles upon the board,- The while the hand that earn'd the frugal meal Can hardly raise itself in sign of thanks. Above all duties, let the rich man search Into the cause he knoweth not, nor spurn The suppliant wretch as guilty of a crime. Ye, bless'd with wealth! (another name for power
Of doing good,) O would ye but devote A little portion of each seventh day To acts of justice to your fellow men! The house of mourning silently invites: Shun not the crowded alley; prompt descend Into the half-sunk cell, darksome and damp; Nor seem impatient to be gone: Inquire, Console, instruct, encourage, soothe, assist; Read, pray, and sing a new song to the Lord; Make tears of joy down grief-worn furrows flow.
O health! thou sun of life, without whose beam The fairest scenes of nature seem involved In darkness, shine upon my dreary path Once more; or, with thy faintest dawn, give hope, That I may yet enjoy thy vital ray ! Though transient be the hope, 'twill be most sweet,
Like midnight music, stealing on the ear, Then gliding past, and dying slow away. Music! thou soothing power, thy charm is proved Most vividly when clouds o'ercast the soul; So light its loveliest effeet displays
In lowering skies, when through the murky rack A slanting sunbeam shoots, and instant limns
"And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily, I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in than all they which have cast into the treasury: For all they did cast in of their abundance, but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living." Mark xii. 41-44.
The ethereal curve of seven harmonious dyes, Eliciting a splendour from the gloom: O music! still vouchsafe to tranquillize This breast perturb'd; thy voice, though mournful,
And mournful aye are thy most beauteous lays, Like fall of blossoms from the orchard boughs,- The autumn of the spring. Enchanting power! Who, by thy airy spell, canst whirl the mind Far from the busy haunts of men, to vales Where Tweed or Yarrow flows; or, spurning time
Recall red Flodden field; or suddenly
Transport, with alter'd strain, the deafen'd ear To Linden's plain!-But what the pastoral lay, The melting dirge, the battle's trumpet peal, Compared to notes with sacred numbers link'd In union, solemn, grand! O then the spirit, Upborne on pinions of celestial sound,
Soars to the throne of God, and ravish'd hears Ten thousand times ten thousand voices rise In hallelujahs;-voices, that erewhile
A SPRING SABBATH WALK.
MOST earnest was his voice! most mild his look, As with raised hands he bless'd his parting flock. He is a faithful pastor of the poor;-
He thinks not of himself; his Master's words, Feed, feed my sheep* are ever at his heart, The cross of Christ is aye before his eyes. O, how I love, with melted soul, to leave The house of prayer, and wander in the fields Alone! What though the opening spring be chill! Although the lark, check'd in his airy path Eke out his song, perch'd on the fallow clod, That still o'ertops the blade! Although no branch Have spread its foliage, save the willow wand That dips its pale leaves in the swollen stream! What though the clouds oft lower! Their threats but end
In sunny showers, that scarcely fill the folds
Were feebly tuned perhaps to low-breathed hymns Of moss-couch'd violet, or interrupt
Of solace in the chambers of the poor,- The Sabbath worship of the friendless sick. Bless'd be the female votaries, whose days No Sabbath of their pious labours prove, Whose lives are consecrated to the toil Of ministering around the uncurtain'd couch Of pain and poverty! Bless'd be the hands, The lovely hands, (for beauty, youth, and grace, Are oft conceal'd by pity's closest veil,) That mix the cup medicinal, that bind
The wounds which ruthless warfare and disease Have to the loathsome lazar-house consign'd. Fierce superstition of the mitred king! Almost I could forget thy torch and stake, When I this blessed sisterhood survey,- Compassion's priestesses, disciples true
Of him whose touch was health, whose single word
Electrified with life the palsied arm,—
Of him who said, Take up thy bed and walk,- Of him who cried to Lazarus, Come forth.
And he who cried to Lazarus, Come forth, Will, when the Sabbath of the tomb is past, Call forth the dead, and reunite the dust (Transform'd and purified) to angel souls. Ecstatic hope! belief! conviction firm! How grateful 'tis to recollect the time When hope arose to faith! Faintly at first The heavenly voice is heard; then, by degrees, Its music sounds perpetual in the heart. Thus he, who all the gloomy winter long Has dwelt in city crowds, wandering a field Betimes on Sabbath morn, ere yet the spring Unfold the daisy's bud, delighted hears
The first lark's note, faint yet, and short the song,
Check'd by the chill ungenial northern breeze; But, as the sun ascends, another springs, And still another soars on loftier wing, Till all o'erhead, the joyous choir unseen, Poised welkin high, harmonious fills the air, As if it were a link 'tween earth and heaven. 38
The merle's dulcet pipe,-melodious bird! He, hid behind the milk-white slow-thorn spray, (Whose early flowers anticipate the leaf,) Welcomes the time of buds, the infant year.
Sweet is the sunny nook, to which my steps Have brought me, hardly conscious where I roam'd; Unheeding where, so lovely all around The works of God, array'd in vernal smile!
Oft at this season, musing, I prolong
My devious range, till, sunk from view, the sun Emblaze, with upward-slanting ray, the breast, And wing unquivering of the wheeling lark, Descending, vocal, from her latest flight; While, disregardful of yon lonely star,― The harbinger of chill night's glittering host,-- Sweet Redbreast, Scotia's Philomela, chants, In desultory strains, his evening hymn.
A SUMMER SABBATH WALK. DELIGHTFUL is this loneliness: it calms My heart: pleasant the cool beneath these elms, That throw across the stream a moveless shade. Here nature in her midnoon whisper speaks; How peaceful every sound!-the ring-dove's plaint, Moan'd from the twilight centre of the grove, While every other woodland lay is mute, Save when the wren flits from her down-coved nest, And from the root-sprig trills her ditty clear,- The grasshopper's oft pausing chirp,-the buzz, Angrily shrill, of moss-entangled bee,
*"So when he had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time. Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto hica, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved, because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me ? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep." John xxi. 15-17.
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